Don Draper would scowl with his face and smile in his heart.

http://www.sharpsuits.net

God help you

Stand outside the White House yelling one day I'll run

for office and I'll kick your ass, and there will be laughter 

coming from the surrounding tourists.

Stop in front of any major Embassy, wherever you live, 

and tell the security guy they should raze this whole shit

and build a sports bar or a strip club in its place, 

and you'll get a puzzled look.

But God help your ass if you crack a similar joke at an airport. 
Wait, cross that. Allah help your ass 'cos you're going straight 
to Guantanamo with a black hood over your head to be
interrogated in Arabic.

The truth properly told

 

WHY MODELS SHOULD NEVER ATTEND CASTING SESSIONS

(A Case Study)

 

Models are pretty people with ripped abs and white teeth.

They just stand there and look good, like human props.

They have three modes: Smile, Pout and Deadpan*.

Demand any more acting at your own peril.

A couple of years ago I was shooting in Barcelona and needed 

to cast a young mother but couldn't find the right one.

We needed neither a mama nor a milf; just a regular young mom.

After a couple sessions failed to yield anything positive,

the casting director suggested I look at the talent

(and people think that military intelligence is an oxymoron)

from an earlier session for a different production,

as they had also been casting for young women who could fit

the profile I was looking for.

Amongst that lot I came across this gem, which I've kept

for obvious reasons. 

I have no words to describe what I experienced when she started 'acting';

I wouldn't do any justice to my emotions.

So, I'll write no more and let you watch.

* Except for Derek Zoolander who also has Blue Steel, which technically is a copyrighted pout. But he claims otherwise.

fuck it

PLEASE EVERYONE? FORGET IT

"When you do important work, work that changes things and work that matters, it's inconceivable that the change you're trying to make will be met with complete approval.

Trying to please everyone will water down your efforts, frustrate your forward motion and ultimately fail.

The balancing act is to work to please precisely the right people, and just enough of them, to get your best work out the door.

Shun the non-believers."

Seth Godin, marketing Guru.